"How dare you!" The moment Grandmaster finished speaking, one of the Red-Robed Cardinals erupted in fury and roared, "You dare criticize His Holiness the Pope? You're courting death!"
The next instant, the Red-Robed Cardinal raised his hand and struck at Grandmaster with his palm.
"Stop!" A hand thrust in from the side, blocking the Red-Robed Cardinal and dissipating all the soul power in his palm strike through an extraordinarily ingenious method, without even a collision of energy.
The one who intervened was neither an outsider nor anyone from Shrek Academy, but Spirit Hall's Platinum Bishop Salas himself.
Seeing Salas intervene, Tang San stiffened slightly. When the Red-Robed Cardinal attacked, six soul rings had lit up around him at once, clearly marking him as a Soul Emperor above rank sixty. Salas had moved later, yet his hand arrived first. He had casually neutralized the attack without even using a soul skill.
To neutralize a Soul Emperor's attack so effortlessly, one would probably need strength on the level of a Titled Douluo at the very least. Even if Salas had not reached that level, he was likely very close.
Watching this unfold, Tang San grew somewhat anxious. If Grandmaster can't send these Spirit Hall people away, won't I be...?
After neutralizing the Red-Robed Cardinal's attack, Salas shot him a thunderous look and roared, "Insolence! You dare show disrespect to an elder!"
"All of you, stand down!"
At his words, everyone beside Salas hurriedly retreated behind him.
Salas knew something of Grandmaster's past romantic entanglement with the Pope, and he also knew that Grandmaster possessed a Pope Token. If he dared attack an elder and word reached the Pope's ears, his future prospects would probably become bleak.
A few days earlier, Salas had already gone to make trouble for Shrek Academy over the